English Element of fiction

1. English Language Arts
Grade 9

2. Types of Stories
Fiction Nonfiction
Fake
Imagined
Fantasy
Real
True info
from real life
Auto-
biography

3. Plot
The sequence of events in the story
What happens
Who does it happen to
What are the conflicts/problems

4. Plot Triangle
Climax
Rising Action Falling Action
Exposition Resolution
(beginning) (ending)

5. Exposition
 Begins structure of plot
 Sets tone
 Establishes setting
 Introduces characters
 Gives readers important background information

6. Rising Action
 Moves plot along
 Adds complication to expanding the conflict
 Helps build suspense to a climax (or turning point)

7. Climax (or Turning Point)
 Moment when reader’s interest and emotional
intensity reach highest point
 Occurs toward end of a story after reader has
understood conflict and become emotionally invested
in the characters

8. Falling Action (or Resolution)
 Occurs after climax of a story
 Resolves any “loose ends” in a story
 End of plot triangle

9. Terminology
Setting
Time and place where the story occurs
Theme
The main idea of a story or novel
Conflict
Disagreement or contradiction between characters

10. The position of a narrator in relation to a story…
• 1st person – The narrator is a character in the story
•3rd person – Narrator is not a character in the story
•3rd person Omniscient – All-knowing , “Voice of God”-
type narration

11. Character
Protagonist – Main character, sometimes
seen as the hero of a story
Antagonist – Goes against or conflicts
with the protagonist
Static - Character that stays the same
throughout the story
Dynamic - Character that changes
(thoughts, how he/she treats others)
during the story